Outsourcing foreign policy

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The Bollinger/Ahmadinejad farce

Imagine the scene: As angry protesters march outside, a nation’s unpopular president prepares to address students and faculty at a prestigious university. Introducing the president, the head of the university is bluntly critical of his guest speaker: “You, quite simply, [are] ridiculous. You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated. . . . I doubt [...]

The West Bank fence: an effective anti-terror bulwark?

Israel’s barrier is planned to be four times as long and in places twice as high as the Berlin Wall.It is not so simple. In addition to the concrete wall and fencing materials used in the construction of the structure, sections of Israel’s Separation Barrier additionally include electrified fencing, two-meter-deep trenches, roads for patrol vehicles, [...]

The Nobel Prize for Peace belongs almost annually to the IDF

Dear Ruth Wisse,
Your work is wonderful to read. You have put something I have always
felt but have been unable to articulate into words. I am wondering
whether you would have anything to say about how in the light of your
thesis, israel could proceed at the present time on a practical level.
Janet Weinglass
Croton on Hudson, NY
To Janet [...]

Washington Sees an Opportunity on Iran

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 — A year and a half after President Bush told top aides that he feared he might be forced someday to choose between acquiescing to Iran’s nuclear ambitions and ordering military action, the struggle to find an effective alternative — sanctions with real bite — is entering a new phase.
The speech at [...]